July 2023

Competing for English Schools against Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Tom Waterworth romped to victory in the 800m in 1:53.84.He later contributed the 2nd leg of the 4x400m (his leg – 50.2; winning time – 3:19.32) adding a second win to his portfolio.

While Isaac Ellard led all runners with 16:47, Oscar Tomaselli improved his best over this course by 73 seconds, bringing his best time from 21:01 (set last week) down to 19:48.  Oscar rose from 36th to 32nd in the club all-time rankings.

Aaron Hawkins finished in 2nd place with 18:03, a PB by 61 seconds, which moves him from 47th to 26th in the club all-time rankings.

3000m R1 – 8th Oliver Albone 9:41.96 (PB by 26.39; 34th in U15B national rankings; achieved England age group qualification standard)

BMC800m R5 – 1st Oliver Loveday 2:03.26 PB by 0.42; 28th in U15B national rankings)7th Darragh Ballard 2:10.94 1500m R1 – 18th Noah Scott-Donkin 4:08.931500m R2 – 6th Brandon Ballard 4:09.64 (PB by 12.86; 6th in T20 national rankings all ages)1500m R4 – 10th Ethan Locke 4:47.59 (PB by 1.73); 18th Natty Clifford 4:57.73 3000m R1 – 13th Aedan Lydon 9:15.40 Charnwood1500m – 8th Esme

3k1st Milo Gray 9:47 (fastest time over this course in 11 years)3rd Finnley Williams 10:115th Harry Pateman 10:40 (2nd U13B)12th Boogie Gray 11:34 (2nd U11B)15th Jake Johnson 11:4817th Leah Graham 12:03 (1st female finisher)29th Lily Reindel 12:52(50 finishers) 5k26 Hunts AC runners!2nd Dave Hudson 15:40 (1st M40; 32nd in M40 national rankings)4th James Orrell 15:52 (2nd SM)6th Martin Amos 16:20 (PB; 2nd M40)7th Dylan Tomaselli 16:26 (2nd U20M)14th Simon Bowman 16:53 PB16th Rob Farrant 17:00 (1st M50;

Three Hunts AC finishers in the top five. 1st Daniel Brook– Placed first with 7:35– Improved his PB by 27 seconds– Propelled him to 17th in the club’s all-time rankings– Places him 40th all-time in the top 500 4th Jamar Eason 10:28 5th Ellie Newman 10:32 (1st girl)

Team Score1 St Albans 2742 Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets 2243 Huntingdonshire AC 2204 Woodford Green with Essex Ladies 2025 Serpentine RC 1656 Highgate Harriers/Mornington Chasers 144 Men’s A 100m4 Shea LINES 11.9 PBMen’s B 100m4 Dan STEEL 12.3Men’s A 200m5 Harry LEGATE 27.1Men’s B 200m4 Shea LINES 25.0 PBMen’s A 400m5 Darren PRESTON 61.3

Huntingdon parkrun- While James Orrell led the field with 16:49 in his 324th parkrun, Marcela Gracova continued to close the gap on the women’s club record.  Marcela’s 18:57 placed her 4th overall (and first woman) and improved on her recent 19:05. She is now just 9 seconds away from the record.  BTW, last week, James Orrell’s 16:08

While Martin Rowe won by 29 seconds (actual time 36:33), Tom Skidmore finished as runner-up, improving his best by a superb 2:21 down to 32:03.  This time moves Tom up from 40th to 24th in the club all-time rankings.  Steph Ward improve two seconds to 40:14 to maintain her 22nd place in the rankings while Sam Speariett brought